Prayer Requests for March 1 - 7, 2011

All week – pray for the on-going financial needs of YFC each day this week.

(3/1) Tuesday – Pray for Andy Lightcap and me as we present “Gotcha Back” (anti-bullying program) to middle school students in Watervliet twice today and once tomorrow. Pray also for the middle school students who will be attneding these programs.

(3/2) Wednesday – Pray for the leadership team meeting of Captial District YFC this afternoon as we discuss how best to lead this ministry given the current financial picture and on-going ministry opportinities in front of us.

(3/3) Thursday – Pray for the Watervliet high school students attending ‘Point Break” (anti-bullying program) today. Pray for me and the other staff who will be leadng this program.

(3/4) Friday – Pray for Tom Beebe and me as we lead the Cambridge out reach meeting tonight.

(3/5) Saturday – Pray for my meeting with Christian adults in Scotia this morning as we talk about how to begin a Campus Life ministry to the teens in this community.

(3/6) Sunday – Pray for Dave Lenehan as he works on our Break Out middle school confernce (March 11-13).

(3/7) Monday – Pray for our new ministry in Berne. Pray for the teens who have been attedning and the volunteers to connect on a deep relational level.

Prayer Requests for February 22 - 27, 2011

(2/22) Tuesday – Pray for the teenagers in your community who have this week off from school. Pray for their safety and that they would use their freetime this week in positive ways.

(2/23) Wednesday – Pray for an additional $8,000 to come in this month to help offset the budget defiecits from the first seven months of the YFC ministry year for the Juvenile Justice budget and Ministry Development budget.

(2/24) Thursday – Pray for Dave Lenehan as he works on our Break Out middle school confernce (March 11-13).

(2/25 and 2/26) Friday and Saturday – Pray for at least $12,019 more to come in during the remained of this month for the ministry departments which I oversee.

(2/27) Sunday – Pray for the pastors that you know. Pray that they will remain in an abiding relationship with God.

(2/28) Monday – Pray for John Richmond who serves as our Excecuutive Director of Capital District YFC. Pray for wisdom and discerment as he uses his gifts to futher God’s kingdom.

March 2011 letter to friends of YFC

Spring is almost here. I keep telling myself that. I can’t wait to see the first signs of spring, when everything is new again.

Back in January, YFC held its annual Excel Conference for high school students. This year marked the 25^th year of having this conference to help churched teens grow in their understanding of who God is and their relationship with Him through His Son, Jesus.

Each year we offer an invitation to receive Christ. We do this because we know that there are youth that attend church regularly that do not have a personal relationship with God through Christ. We also give this invitation because of the teens our YFC staff and volunteers bring to Excel that come from families where church and God are not part of their world.

Below are responses from four teens that came to Excel with some of our staff and volunteers within the greater Capital District.

“I made many new friends this weekend, and I have thought more about God. I am not a very religious person, but I am thinking more about God and what He has done for me.”

“This weekend I learned that Jesus loves me and that if I give God my all, He will be there for me.”

“I learned that it is OK to surrender to God and give up everything to Him. Although I am not ready to do that now, I know I can at anytime.”

“When I first came to Excel, I’ll be honest; I wasn’t close to God at all. Friday night came as a slow start, but I got through it. Then on Saturday as the experience I was given deepened (through the speaker Jeff Dean and the seminars that we went to) I realized that I wanted to accept Him into my heart as well. Now I feel there is a heavy weight off my shoulders, and I feel awesome and I will worship and respect Jesus for what He has done for me. I am truly happier now that I have done this.”

I am sure you will agree after reading those comments that God is creating new life in these teens. It is exciting to see the signs of new life in the teens we minister to week in and week out.

Thank you for your on-going support of YFC through your prayers and financial gifts. We are seven months into our fiscal year, and donations are consistently falling 10%-11% short on the funds necessary to meet monthly bills. If you have not increased your giving in the past five years, would you consider an increase at this time?

In Christ,

Kevin Post

Ministry Development Coach

Prayer Requests for February 15 - 21, 2011

Praise God for the seven teens who came to the first Campus Life small meeting last week in Berne.

Praise God for the teens who prayed to recieve Christ in our Juveline Justice Ministry.

(2/15) Tuesday – Continue to pray for $16,000 to come in during the month of February for the ministry budgets that I oversee (North Country, Teen Parents, Juvenile Justice, Helderberg/Greene, New Lebanon and Ministry Development)

(2/16) Wednesday – Pray for an additional $7,951 to come in this month to offset the budget defiecits from the first seven months of the YFC ministry year for the Juvenile Justice budget and Ministry Development budget.

(2/17) Thursday – Pray for my meeting with a 7th grader and his mom about me meeting with him one-on-one to help him through a tough time in his life. Most importantly pray for his salvation and the salvation of his mom.

(2/18) Friday – Continue to pray for our ministries in Cambridge, NY, East Dorset and North Bennington, VT.

(2/19 (Saturday – Continue to pray for our efforts to begin a basketball league for teens in the Arbor Hill community of Albany.

(2/20) Sunday – Continue to pray for our ministry in Greenville and for our volunteers who lead this ministry.

(2/21) Monday – Continue to pray for the health of our volunteers, especially Margie who leads our volunteer team in New Lebanon.

Prayer Requests for February 8-14, 2011

(2/8) Tuesday – Continue top ray for $16,000 to come in during the month of February for the ministry budgets that I oversee (North Country, Teen Parents, Juvenile Justice, Helderberg/Greene, New Lebanon and Ministry Development)

(2/9) Wednesday – Continue to pray for an additional $9,400 to come in this month to offset the budget defiecits from the first six months of the YFC ministry year for the Juvenile Justice budget and Ministry Development budget.

(2/10) Thursday – Continue to pray for the health of our volunteers, especially Margie who leads our volunteer team in New Lebanon

(2/11) Friday – Continue to pray for our ministries in Cambridge, NY, East Dorset and North Bennington, VT.

(2/12) Saturday – Continue to pray for our efforts to begin a basketball league for teens in the Arbor Hill community of Albany.

(2/13) Sunday – Continue to pray for our ministry in Greenville and for our volunteers who lead this ministry.

(2/14) Monday – Continue to pray for a great start for the new small group ministry in the Berne-Knox-Westerlo community that began last Monday.